Seagate Exos X16 16TB HDD Review

We tested the Exos X16 with a number of scenario’s that it may face in the real world. The settings for these scenarios are as follows.

File Server
512MB file size, 16KB Block size
80% Read 20% Write 100% Random
I/O queue depth 128

Web Server
1GB file size, 16KB Block size
100% Read 0% Write 100% Random
I/O queue depth 64

Database
2GB file size, 4KB Block size
90% Read 10% Write, 90% Random, 10% Sequential
I/O depth 128

Workstation
1GB file size, 16KB Block Size
70% Read 30% Write 50% Random 50% Sequential
I/O depth 64

In our workload tests, the Exos X16 is faster in all tests, bar the Database workload, than the previous X14 model. However, it still isn't as fast as the 14TB version of the NAS focussed IronWolf Pro drive in any of the tests.

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